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Angelus ad virginem
Angelus ad virginem: why early music and traditional music share the same gene pool

Agincourt Carol
Taming the Devil’s carol: Ther is no rose of swych vertu … coming soon

Arbeau, Thoinot
The pavan, the priest and the pseudonym: Belle qui tiens ma vie and Arbeau’s Orchésographie (1589)

armed man, The / L’homme armé
L’homme armé / The armed man: the remarkable life of a 15^th century song and its contemporary resonance

art – also see iconography
* Performable music in medieval and renaissance art
Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 1/3: The modern myth of Bosch’s butt music
* Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 2/3: The Garden of Earthly Delights
* Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 3/3: Music and musicians in the complete works of Bosch

Astri potens famulos (Mighty servants of the stars)
* Polyphonic treasure in Lambeth Palace: three unique pieces from MS 457, c. 1250 … coming soon

bagpipe
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians … coming soon

bandora
* Wired for sound: the bandora and orpharion

baroque guitar
The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern day

baroque lute
The lute: a thumbnail history

baroque music
Baroque music: a brief tour of the extravagant last period of early music

Belle qui tiens ma vie
The pavan, the priest and the pseudonym: Belle qui tiens ma vie and Arbeau’s Orchésographie (1589)

Beverley Minster
The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 1/8: Foundation, destruction, and restoration. … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital.
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls. … coming soon.
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept. … coming soon.
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 5/8: The “Order of the Ancient Company or Fraternity of Minstralls in Beverley”. … coming soon.  
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 6/8: Medieval beasts and allegories. … coming soon.
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians. … coming soon.
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 8/8: The strange and continuing history of the minstrels’ neglect. … coming soon.

Bird on a briar
* Bird on a briar: interpreting medieval notation, with a HIP harp arrangement
* Bird on a briar (bryd one brere): constructing the missing voice

Bob the Builder (spoof article for 1^st April)
NEW DISCOVERY! Rob. mason, builder, his galiard

Boissart mandore
– see Mandore.

Bosch, Jheronimus
* Performable music in medieval and renaissance art
Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 1/3: The modern myth of Bosch’s butt music
* Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 2/3: The Garden of Earthly Delights
* Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 3/3: Music and musicians in the complete works of Bosch
A brief history of farting in early music and literature

bray harp
The bray harp: getting a buzz from early music
One song to the tune of another: early music common practice, 800 years before Humph
Westron wynde: a beautiful fragment of longing

Breve regnum erigitur
Early music in fascist fires – or – The extraordinary survival of a Polish early music gem: Breve regnum erigitur … coming soon

Bring us in good ale
One song to the tune of another: early music common practice, 800 years before Humph

broadside ballads
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 3/4: Richard Tarleton the musician and broadside writer
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 4/4: Tributes to Tarleton – with a musical discovery from the 16^th century
Baroque music: a brief tour of the extravagant last period of early music
Calen o Custure me: a Tudor love song with garbled Gaelic?
Greensleeves: Mythology, History and Music. Part 1 of 3: Mythology
Greensleeves: Mythology, History and Music. Part 2 of 3: History
Greensleeves: Mythology, History and Music. Part 3 of 3: Music
One song to the tune of another: early music common practice, 800 years before Humph
Drive the cold Winter away: the meaning of a 17^th century seasonal song

Bryd one brere
* Bird on a briar: interpreting medieval notation, with a HIP harp arrangement
* Bird on a briar (bryd one brere): constructing the missing voice

Calen o Custure me (Cailín ó Chois tSiúre mé, Caleno custure me, Callin o custure me, Callino Casturame, Calmie custure me)
Calen o Custure me: a Tudor love song with garbled Gaelic?

Cantigas de Santa Maria
* “Why do you not praise her?”: the Virgin Mary and the troubadours (Cantigas de Santa Maria article 1/6)
* “I wish from this day forth to be her troubadour”: the composition of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM article 2/6)
* The Virgin’s vengeance and Regina’s rewards: the surprising character of Mary in the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM article 3/6)
* The animated chop of meat (and other miraculous marvels): pilgrimage songs in the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM article 4/6)
* “Infidels”, “traitors” and “that ugly bearded crew”: fear and loathing in the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM article 5/6)
* Surprising songs of sentient statues: the Virgin, Venus, and Jason and the Argonauts (Cantigas de Santa Maria article 6/6) 
* Performing medieval music. Part 1: Instrumentation
* Performing medieval music. Part 2: Turning monophony into polyphony
* Performing medieval music. Part 3: The medieval style

Carols, carolling
Taming the Devil’s carol: Ther is no rose of swych vertu … coming soon

Carter, Sydney  
Songs that grow like trees: an appreciation of Sydney Carter (1915–2004)

cetra
The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 1/2: What is a citole? … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 1/2: Medieval plectrum materials and manufacture … coming soon

Chansonnier du Roi
* La prime Estampie Royal: completing the fragment of a medieval melody

cithara, kithara
The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern day
The medieval harp (1/3): origins and development … coming soon
The medieval harp (2/3): harp symbolism … coming soon
The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 1/2: What is a citole? … coming soon
The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoire … coming soon  
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 1/2: Medieval plectrum materials and manufacture … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 2/2: Medieval and early renaissance plectrum technique … coming soon
* The vihuela and viola da mano: siblings of the lute … coming soon

citole
* The mysteries of the medieval fiddle: lifting the veil on the vielle
* The English estampie: interpreting a medieval dance(?) tune – see video
The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern day
* The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 1/2: What is a citole? … coming soon
* The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoire … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 1/2: Medieval plectrum materials and manufacture … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 2/2: Medieval and early renaissance plectrum technique … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon

cittern
The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 1/2: What is a citole? … coming soon
The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern day

cláirseach / clársach
The medieval harp (1/3): origins and development … coming soon

clavicembalum
* The Psilvery Psound of the Psaltery: a brief history
The medieval portative organ: an interview with Cristina Alís Raurich

clavicytherium
The medieval portative organ: an interview with Cristina Alís Raurich

clowns, fools, jesters
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 1/4: Tarleton’s place in the history of fools, clowns and jesters
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 2/4: Tarleton the player and playwright
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 3/4: Richard Tarleton the musician and broadside writer
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 4/4: Tributes to Tarleton – with a musical discovery from the 16^th century
* Performable music in medieval and renaissance art

coboz, koboz, kobza
* The Elblag gittern: a case of mistaken identity … coming soon
Early music in fascist fires – or – The extraordinary survival of a Polish early music gem: Breve regnum erigitur … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians … coming soon

contrafactum (singular) / contrafacta (plural)
One song to the tune of another: early music common practice, 800 years before Humph
* Sumer is icumen in / Perspice Christicola: silencing the cuckoo

cornamuse (wind cap instrument)
The crumhorn: a short history

cornetto, cornet, cornett, zink
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians … coming soon 

Coventry Carol
Coventry Carol: the power of a song

crumhorn
The crumhorn: a short history

cup cymbals
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon

dance
The pavan, the priest and the pseudonym: Belle qui tiens ma vie and Arbeau’s Orchésographie (1589)
Music of the renaissance: a whistle-stop tour
Baroque music: a brief tour of the extravagant last period of early music
* Performing medieval music. Part 3: the medieval style
* The English estampie: interpreting a medieval dance(?) tune
The first dancing master’s manual: Domenico da Piacenza and the art of dance
* The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoire … coming soon

de Machaut, Guillaume – see Guillaume de Machaut

Deo gracias anglica
Taming the Devil’s carol: Ther is no rose of swych vertu … coming soon

Domenico da Piacenza
The first dancing master’s manual: Domenico da Piacenza and the art of dance

Dowland, John
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 1/4: Tarleton’s place in the history of fools, clowns and jesters
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 4/4: Tributes to Tarleton – with a musical discovery from the 16^th century
The lute: a thumbnail history
The scandalous la volta: “such a lewd and unchaste dance”
Music of the renaissance: a whistle-stop tour
Greensleeves: Mythology, History and Music. Part 1 of 3: Mythology

Drive the cold Winter away
Drive the cold Winter away: the meaning of a 17^th century seasonal song

drum – see percussion

dulcimer, hammer(ed)
* The Psilvery Psound of the Psaltery: a brief history
The medieval harp (1/3): origins and development … coming soon

early music and folk/traditional music
– See Traditional/folk music and early music

Edi beo þu heuene quene
Edi beo þu heuene quene: a love song by any name
* “Why do you not praise her?”: the Virgin Mary and the troubadours (Cantigas de Santa Maria article 1/6)
* Performing medieval music. Part 2: Turning monophony into polyphony
* Bird on a briar (bryd one brere): constructing the missing voice
* The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoire … coming soon

estampie
* The English estampie: interpreting a medieval dance(?) tune
* Kalenda maya, the troubadours, and the lessons of traditional music
* La prime Estampie Royal: completing the fragment of a medieval melody
The medieval harp (1/3): origins and development (video) … coming soon
The medieval harp (2/3): harp symbolism (video) … coming soon
* The medieval harp (3/3): performance practice (video) … coming soon

Falsobordone (early music duo)
Music for a plague: an interview with Falsobordone

farting
A brief history of farting in early music and literature

fiddle, medieval
* On the medieval fiddle: a short introduction to the vielle
* The mysteries of the medieval fiddle: lifting the veil on the vielle
* Performing medieval music. Part 2: Turning monophony into polyphony
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians … coming soon

films, historical
In defence of the unhistorical drama

folk/traditional music and early music
See traditional/folk music and early music

fools, jesters, clowns
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 1/4: Tarleton’s place in the history of fools, clowns and jesters
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 2/4: Tarleton the player and playwright
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 3/4: Richard Tarleton the musician and broadside writer
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 4/4: Tributes to Tarleton – with a musical discovery from the 16th century
* Performable music in medieval and renaissance art

Foweles in þe frith
* Foweles in þe frith (birds in the wood): mystery and beauty in a 13^th century song
* The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoire … coming soon

Francesco Canova da Milano
The lute: a thumbnail history
The medieval harp (2/3): harp symbolism … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 2/2: Medieval and early renaissance plectrum technique … coming soon
* The vihuela and viola da mano: siblings of the lute … coming soon

gemshorn
The gemshorn: a (necessarily) short history

gittern
* The gittern: a short history
* La prime Estampie Royal: completing the fragment of a medieval melody – see video
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 1/2: Medieval plectrum materials and manufacture … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 2/2: Medieval and early renaissance plectrum technique … coming soon
* The Elblag gittern: a case of mistaken identity … coming soon
* Performing medieval music. Part 2: Turning monophony into polyphony
The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern day
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon

goliards
One song to the tune of another: early music common practice, 800 years before Humph

Greensleeves   
Greensleeves: Mythology, History and Music. Part 1 of 3: Mythology
Greensleeves: Mythology, History and Music. Part 2 of 3: History
Greensleeves: Mythology, History and Music. Part 3 of 3: Music

Guillaume de Machaut
* The English estampie: interpreting a medieval dance(?) tune
* La prime Estampie Royal: completing the fragment of a medieval melody
Music for a plague: an interview with Falsobordone

guitar
The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern day

hammer dulcimer
* The Psilvery Psound of the Psaltery: a brief history

harp
The bray harp: getting a buzz from early music
* Bird on a briar: interpreting medieval notation, with a HIP harp arrangement
* Mirie it is while sumer ilast: decoding the earliest surviving secular song in English
The medieval harp (1/3): origins and development … coming soon
The medieval harp (2/3): harp symbolism … coming soon
* The medieval harp (3/3): performance practice … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians … coming soon

harpsichord
* The Psilvery Psound of the Psaltery: a brief history
The medieval portative organ: an interview with Cristina Alís Raurich

historical drama
In defence of the unhistorical drama

historically informed performance (HIP)
* Performing medieval music. Part 1: Instrumentation
* Performing medieval music. Part 2: Turning monophony into polyphony
* Performing medieval music. Part 3: The medieval style
Music for a plague: an interview with Falsobordone
* La prime Estampie Royal: completing the fragment of a medieval melody
* The medieval harp (3/3): performance practice … coming soon
* The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoire … coming soon
* Polyphonic treasure in Lambeth Palace: three unique pieces from MS 457, c. 1250 … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 1/2: Medieval plectrum materials and manufacture … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 2/2: Medieval and early renaissance plectrum technique … coming soon

horn
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians … coming soon

hurdy gurdy (vielle à roue)
The wheel fiddle: a short history of the organistrum, simfony and vielle à roue (hurdy gurdy) … coming soon
* The medieval harp (3/3): performance practice … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon

In dulci jubilo
Nails, needles, chains and angels: the pain and joy of In dulci jubilo

istampitta – see estampie

jesters, fools, clowns
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 1/4: Tarleton’s place in the history of fools, clowns and jesters
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 2/4: Tarleton the player and playwright
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 3/4: Richard Tarleton the musician and broadside writer
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 4/4: Tributes to Tarleton – with a musical discovery from the 16^th century
* Performable music in medieval and renaissance art

jongleurs – see minstrels 

Kalenda maya
* Kalenda maya, the troubadours, and the lessons of traditional music

kithara, cithara
The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern day
The medieval harp (1/3): origins and development … coming soon 
The medieval harp (2/3): harp symbolism … coming soon  
The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 1/2: What is a citole? … coming soon  
The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoire … coming soon  
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 1/2: Medieval plectrum materials and manufacture … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 2/2: Medieval and early renaissance plectrum technique … coming soon
* The vihuela and viola da mano: siblings of the lute … coming soon

koboz, kobza, coboz
* The Elblag gittern: a case of mistaken identity … coming soon
Early music in fascist fires – or – The extraordinary survival of a Polish early music gem: Breve regnum erigitur … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians … coming soon

Latin guitar
The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern day

L’homme armé / The armed man
L’homme armé / The armed man: the remarkable life of a 15^th century song and its contemporary resonance

Lully, lulla, thow littell tiné child
Coventry Carol: the power of a song

lute
The lute: a thumbnail history
* Performable music in medieval and renaissance art
The medieval harp (2/3): harp symbolism … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 1/2: Medieval plectrum materials and manufacture … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 2/2: Medieval and early renaissance plectrum technique … coming soon
* The vihuela and viola da mano: siblings of the lute … coming soon
“Wyngestyr that joly syte”: a 15^th century song in praise of Winchester … coming soon

Lyke-Wake Dirge
The Lyke-Wake Dirge: the revival of an Elizabethan song of the afterlife

lyre
The medieval harp (1/3): origins and development … coming soon
The medieval harp (2/3): harp symbolism … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 1/2: Medieval plectrum materials and manufacture … coming soon

Machaut, Guillaume de – see Guillaume de Machaut

Magno gaudens
Boy bishops, role reversals, and a rare 13^th century song: Magno gaudens … coming soon

mandore    
The beautiful Boissart mandore, part 1 of 3: The pre-history of the mandore
* The beautiful Boissart mandore, part 2 of 3: Obervations on the Boissart mandore
The beautiful Boissart mandore, part 3 of 3: Creating a new mandore inspired by the ‘Boissart’ design

Manuscrit du Roi
* La prime Estampie Royal: completing the fragment of a medieval melody

Mater dei (Mother of God)
* Polyphonic treasure in Lambeth Palace: three unique pieces from MS 457, c. 1250 … coming soon

Me lykyþ ever þe lenger þe bet
“Wyngestyr that joly syte”: a 15^th century song in praise of Winchester … coming soon

medieval music
Medieval music: a quick guide to the middle ages
* Performing medieval music. Part 1: Instrumentation
* Performing medieval music. Part 2: Turning monophony into polyphony
* Performing medieval music. Part 3: The medieval style
* Performable music in medieval and renaissance art
* “the verray develes officeres”: minstrels and the medieval church

medieval music notation, theory, modes
* Bird on a briar: interpreting medieval notation, with a HIP harp arrangement
* Bird on a briar: constructing the missing voice
* Mirie it is while sumer ilast: decoding the earliest surviving secular song in English
* The mysteries of the medieval fiddle: lifting the veil on the vielle
* The English estampie: interpreting a medieval dance(?) tune
* Kalenda maya, the troubadours, and the lessons of traditional music
* Performing medieval music. Part 1: Instrumentation
* Performing medieval music. Part 2: Turning monophony into polyphony
* Performing medieval music. Part 3: The medieval style
* Foweles in þe frith (birds in the wood): mystery and beauty in a 13^th century song
Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 1/3: The modern myth of Bosch’s butt music

medley (ballad genre)
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 3/4: Richard Tarleton the musician and broadside writer

minstrels
* Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 2/3: The Garden of Earthly Delights
* Jheronimus Bosch and the music of hell. Part 3/3: Music and musicians in the complete works of Bosch
* “the verray develes officeres”: minstrels and the medieval church
* The medieval harp (3/3): performance practice … coming soon
* The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoire … coming soon
The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 1/8: Foundation, destruction, and restoration. … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital.
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls. … coming soon.
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept. … coming soon.
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 5/8: The “Order of the Ancient Company or Fraternity of Minstralls in Beverley”. … coming soon.
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians. … coming soon.
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 8/8: The strange and continuing history of the minstrels’ neglect. … coming soon.

Mirie it is while sumer ilast
* Mirie it is while sumer ilast: decoding the earliest surviving secular song in English

Miro genere (By a wondrous birth)
* Polyphonic treasure in Lambeth Palace: three unique pieces from MS 457, c. 1250 … coming soon

Moorish guitar
The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern day

morris dancing
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 1/4: Tarleton’s place in the history of fools, clowns and jesters

movies, historical
In defence of the unhistorical drama

mystery plays
Coventry Carol: the power of a song
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 5/8: The “Order of the Ancient Company or Fraternity of Minstralls in Beverley” … coming soon

nakers 
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept … coming soon

Narváez, Luys de
* The vihuela and viola da mano: siblings of the lute … coming soon

oliphant, olifant, olyphant
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept … coming soon

Orchésographie
The pavan, the priest and the pseudonym: Belle qui tiens ma vie and Arbeau’s Orchésographie (1589)

organ
See portative organ or positive organ.

organistrum
The wheel fiddle: a short history of the organistrum, simfony and vielle à roue (hurdy gurdy) … coming soon
* The medieval harp (3/3): performance practice … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon

orpharion
* Wired for sound: the bandora and orpharion
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 1/4: Tarleton’s place in the history of fools, clowns and jesters

oud
The oud: a short guide to a long history

penorcon
* Wired for sound: the bandora and orpharion

Perspice Christicola
* Sumer is icumen in / Perspice Christicola: silencing the cuckoo

Petrarch, Francesco
Medieval music: a quick guide to the middle ages
Music for a plague: an interview with Falsobordone

pipe and tabor
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 1/4: Tarleton’s place in the history of fools, clowns and jesters
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 3/4: Richard Tarleton the musician and broadside writer
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 7/8: Tudor misericords and neo-Gothic musicians … coming soon

plectrums
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 1/2: Medieval plectrum materials and manufacture … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 2/2: Medieval and early renaissance plectrum technique … coming soon

polyphony
* Performing medieval music. Part 2: Turning monophony into polyphony
* The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoire … coming soon
* Polyphonic treasure in Lambeth Palace: three unique pieces from MS 457, c. 1250 … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 2/2: Medieval and early renaissance plectrum technique … coming soon

portative organ
The medieval portative organ: an interview with Cristina Alís Raurich
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept … coming soon

positive organ
The medieval portative organ: an interview with Cristina Alís Raurich

Princess Royal
Princess Royal: the history of an Irish?/English?/Scottish? air/song/dance … coming soon

psaltery
* The Psilvery Psound of the Psaltery: a brief history
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 1/2: Medieval plectrum materials and manufacture … coming soon
* Medieval plectrums: the written, iconographical and material evidence. Part 2/2: Medieval and early renaissance plectrum technique … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept … coming soon

rebec
The rebec: a short history from court to street
* The mysteries of the medieval fiddle: lifting the veil on the vielle

renaissance dance
The pavan, the priest and the pseudonym: Belle qui tiens ma vie and Arbeau’s Orchésographie (1589)
Music of the renaissance: a whistle-stop tour

renaissance music
Music of the renaissance: a whistle-stop tour

renaissance guitar
The guitar: a brief history from the renaissance to the modern day

renaissance lute
The lute: a thumbnail history

rota (rote, rotta, rothe)
The medieval harp (1/3): origins and development … coming soon

Salutation carol
One song to the tune of another: early music common practice, 800 years before Humph

Shakespeare, William
Playing Shakespeare: the music of the Bard
The song Shakespeare stole from: a discovery from the 16^th century (spoof article for 1^st April)
Calen o Custure me: a Tudor love song with garbled Gaelic?
In defence of the unhistorical drama
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 1/4: Tarleton’s place in the history of fools, clowns and jesters
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 2/4: Tarleton the player and playwright
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 4/4: Tributes to Tarleton – with a musical discovery from the 16^th century

shawm
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon

simfony, symphony, symphonie, sinfonie, chifonie
The wheel fiddle: a short history of the organistrum, simfony and vielle à roue (hurdy gurdy) … coming soon
* The medieval harp (3/3): performance practice … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon

Spencer the Rover
* Spencer the Rover – a history of mental health in song … coming soon

spinet
* The Psilvery Psound of the Psaltery: a brief history

Stella splendens
* The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoire … coming soon

Sumer is icumen in
* Sumer is icumen in / Perspice Christicola: silencing the cuckoo
Medieval music: a quick guide to the middle ages
Greensleeves: Mythology, History and Music. Part 2 of 3: History
One song to the tune of another: early music common practice, 800 years before Humph

Tabourot, Jehan
The pavan, the priest and the pseudonym: Belle qui tiens ma vie and Arbeau’s Orchésographie (1589)

tambourine
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon

Tarleton / Tarlton, Richard
Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 1/4: Tarleton’s place in the history of fools, clowns and jesters
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 2/4: Tarleton the player and playwright
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 3/4: Richard Tarleton the musician and broadside writer
* Tarleton’s Resurrection. Part 4/4: Tributes to Tarleton – with a musical discovery from the 16^th century

Ther is no rose of swych vertu
Taming the Devil’s carol: Ther is no rose of swych vertu … coming soon

timbrel
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon

traditional/folk music and early music
Angelus ad virginem: why early music and traditional music share the same gene pool
* Kalenda maya, the troubadours, and the lessons of traditional music
* Performing medieval music. Part 3: The medieval style
Drive the cold Winter away: the meaning of a 17^th century seasonal song

Trees they do grow high, The
* The trees they do grow high: a ballad of medieval arranged marriage?

troubadours and trouvères
* Kalenda maya, the troubadours, and the lessons of traditional music
* “Why do you not praise her?”: the Virgin Mary and the troubadours (Cantigas de Santa Maria article 1/6)
* “I wish from this day forth to be her troubadour”: the composition of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (CSM article 2/6)
* Bird on a briar: interpreting medieval notation, with a HIP harp arrangement
* The citole: from confusion to clarity. Part 2/2: playing style and repertoire … coming soon

trumpet
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon

vielle (medieval fiddle)
* On the medieval fiddle: a short introduction to the vielle
* The mysteries of the medieval fiddle: lifting the veil on the vielle
* Performing medieval music. Part 2: Turning monophony into polyphony
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 2/8: The minstrels of the arcades, triforium and capital … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 3/8: The minstrels of the west, north and south walls … coming soon
* The medieval minstrels of Beverley Minster. Part 4/8: The minstrels of the tombs, reredos, Saint Katherine’s chapel, and south transept … coming soon

vielle à roue (hurdy gurdy)
The wheel fiddle: a short history of the organistrum, simfony and vielle à roue (hurdy gurdy) … coming soon

vihuela, vihuela da mano
* The vihuela and viola da mano: siblings of the lute … coming soon

viola da mano
* The vihuela and viola da mano: siblings of the lute … coming soon

viola de arco, viola d’arco
* The vihuela and viola da mano: siblings of the lute … coming soon

virginal
* The Psilvery Psound of the Psaltery: a brief history

volta, la
The scandalous la volta: “such a lewd and unchaste dance”

Westron wynde
Westron wynde: a beautiful fragment of longing

Winchester
“Wyngestyr that joly syte”: a 15^th century song in praise of Winchester … coming soon

zink – see cornetto